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TheNext Generation Tester:Meeting theChallenges of a Changing ITWorld GrahamBath Abstract Ifwestopandlookbackatevents thatareshapingIT, thepaceofchange is amazing. Things are so different now, even if we just consider the last 5 years. Projectsusing,forexample,artificial intelligenceorInternetofThingsarenolonger “over the horizon”; theyare reality. Testingneeds tokeepmovingwith the timesevenmore than in thepast. It needs to face the challengesposedbya changingIT landscapeandcontinue to addvalue. To do that testers must make sure they are providing the right competencies to projects, regardlessof thesoftwaredevelopmentlifecycleusedortheparticular type ofproject: It’s time toshapewhat the“NextGeneration(NG)”Tester shouldbe. Keywords Software testing · Softwarequality · Software tester · Software testingskills · Software testingcompentencies · Artificial intelligence 1 Introduction IfwestopandlookbackateventsthatareshapingIT,thepaceofchangeisamazing. Thingsaresodifferentnow,evenifwejust consider the last5years.Projectsusing, for example, artificial intelligence or Internet of Things are no longer “over the horizon”; theyare reality. Testingneeds tokeepmovingwith the timesevenmore than in thepast. It needs to face the challengesposedbya changingIT landscapeandcontinue to addvalue. To do that testers must make sure they are providing the right competencies to projects, regardlessof thesoftwaredevelopmentlifecycleusedortheparticular type ofproject: It’s time toshapewhat the“NextGeneration(NG)”Tester shouldbe. G.Bath T-System, Frankfurt, Germany ISTQB, Edinburg, UK ©The Author(s) 2020 S.Goericke (ed.), The Future of Software QualityAssurance, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29509-7_2 15